By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday August 8, 2024
Stefanos Tsitsipas suffered a irritating loss to Kei Nishikori on Thursday in Montreal, and afterwards the Greek spoke to media and mentioned that he felt like he wasn’t in a position to hit the ball via the court docket throughout his 6-4 6-4 loss towards the previous World No.4.
Tsitsipas mentioned he made a string change over the previous few days however nonetheless felt like his ball was “useless” and “going nowhere” throughout Thursday’s second-round loss to Nishikori.
Calling out Apostolos
Tsitsipas mentioned the issue has been occurring for 5 days now, and took some photographs at his father and coach Apostolos for not proactively serving to him clear up the issue.
“I’ve been complaining to my coach about it for the final 4 or 5 days,” he mentioned. “That was additionally the rationale I had a confrontation with him through the match. For me an ATP 1000 match is a crucial match and for me I would like and I deserve a coach that listens to me and hears my suggestions as a participant,” he mentioned.
Oh, Kei 🙌
The second @keinishikori surprised Stefanos Tsitsipas to turn into the lowest-ranked participant into the final 16 at a Masters 1000 since 2004! #OBN24 pic.twitter.com/kmnTaSfti3
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 8, 2024
Clearly Tsitsipas, in a blended zone with a number of reporters round him, was able to take some photographs at his father, and he did simply that.
“My father hasn’t been very sensible or superb at dealing with these conditions, making an attempt to alleviate what’s occurring contained in the court docket – that’s actually poor efficiency and it is not the primary time he has completed that. I’m actually dissatisfied.”
“I actually do not know proper now if I might contemplate any adjustments, however I am very dissatisfied as a result of crucial factor for a participant with a coach is to have direct and good suggestions, and to hava a coach that listens to the participant. The coach just isn’t the one holding a racket. The participant is the one that’s making an attempt to execute a sport plan and making an attempt to make issues occur on the tennis court docket. I’ve energy in a point however It is also a collaborative work that you just put in collectively. It needs to be reciprocal to ensure that me to attempt to develop my tennis. It is one thing that I actually do not need to keep stagnant at.”
Watch footage of Tsitsipas’ interview beneath:
